This Bad Advice Keeps Small YouTubers From Growing
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- TH-cam is hard but there are best practices and strategies you can follow to make growing on TH-cam easier. Unfortunately, there is a lot of bad advice that is being spread around about what really works for TH-cam and the creators who follow this advice end up not getting the results they want.
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Thank you, Nick, for your great advices. I am wondering, I published a movie review on the new Black Panther, but my video didn't do well with what I first expected. With some advices of one of my friends, I decided to go back to my editing software and fix these issues, and reupload the video afterwards. I'm curious to know if I am using the right strategy to make my youtube channel grow better by taking notice of my mistakes and triés to fix it. Thanks again, Nick. Love your content 😉
lol I am already lol.. been around for years.. ty 😊
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I started ignoring tags and my channels were suffering, the moment I stopped ignoring them my videos stared performing better. Posting a lot of videos also helped me a lot at the start and now that I'm trying to recover my channel. I'm not exactly disagreen with the video, I'm just saying that stating bold statements such as "ignore this" "this doesn't matter" isn't cool, I think the most important thing is to get to know your own channel, try some things and see what works and what doesn't, just because someone says "this doesn't work" it doesn't mean it doesn't work for you. We can't blame those who share their knowledge, we just can blame ourselves for not building our own knowledge
That’s amazing speech my friend ❤because you said it all
What a great comment here, much appreciated, many blessings to you
Very well said.
Control what you can, if TH-cam shows your horror films to kindergartners you can't judge your progress with that info. Make good content and an audience will find you. Again, your comment was great Luis.
Agreed! Thank you 💯🌺🤗
I do agree with much you're saying here, respect for your hounesty! However, there has to be made a difference here between people who are mainly making content to get views and subs, and people who are making content because they feel an instinctive need to share their lives with the rest of the world.
What I have learned until now in my three or four months journey so far: Don't sell your soul and dignity, only to get subs and likes, but be happy with the growing number of views! Don't try to force people to sub your channel. They will eventually sub IF they get a pleasant time watching your stuff and connect with your video's!
One thing I learned the hard way is that the benefits of regular, consistent uploads are far outweighed by the negatives of rushing/cutting corners on your content. I have a very busy schedule and I was so focused on uploading on a schedule that I was cutting corners and rushing videos and my views TANKED. Now I only upload videos I’m 100% happy with, and though it’s definitely less often, they perform several times better than the others did before
I agree. The people saying that have big channels with production teams and paid editors. Another bad piece of advice is 'make 100 crappy videos'. That's just a good way to get a bad reputation quickly.
Okay but imagine if u stayed consistent for 5 years
Hey guys which team do you think will win the world cup
I used to think that the planning tips didnt apply to me since i was a fishing channel (controlling fish response can be difficult), but more than ever realize i was wrong and your advice is SPOT ON, Nick!
Crazy. I watch a TON of "Advice Tube" channels. As a new creator, I honestly don't know what and who to believe anymore. Kind of depressing to be honest. I could use some help with my channel as a newbie, that much I know and I've implemented so many recommend things without that much growth. Would love to see a "guru" or "advice tube" creator take 1-5 of us new creators under their wings, help us grow and document the process or journey via TH-cam for others to see first hand how it's done. I think that would make for compelling content.
I totally agree with you. It would be compelling to watch and learn at the same time.
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@@YaSminCreaTes Yup, I would truly love to see it. Doesn't even have to be one video, it could be snippets or updates of the newbies over the course of a few months or a year type of thing. Watching the ups and downs and the overall progress in real time would be amazing and truly helpful I think.
Make your youtube brand or name unique and recognizable, do NOT stray away from the subject of your content. If you're a food channel, don't throw in a sports video, if you're a music channel don't throw in a nature video, DON'T THROW OFF THE ALGORITHM!! Promote your channel, if there's a network for your subject content, try to get involved. Finally BE YOURSELF, people like to be able to relate to other people, don't try to be like somebody else. People see right through that!! Make sure your title and thumbnail are attention getters!! I'm a college football youtuber, it has taken some time and I have a long way to go but I'm closing in on 12k subs, that's the best advice I can give 👍.
As a new creator? You don't have anything at all on your channel?? What are you creating...air? 😁
In marketing it is called "to create a persona for you product" which means that you need to imagine your "perfect" watcher/subscriber/customer and get into their "shoes" and try to think like them. Like : "if I were them, what I would like to see on my YT?" , "if I were them, what I would type in a search box" - and then you create/align the content that appeal to them / fulfil their needs/.
Agree!
Folks, embrace and accept being new. No matter HOW good your first months of content is, you’re going to look back on it in 3 years and cringe a little bit. Doesn’t mean you’ll hate it. But you’ll just know where you came from. Do your best and don’t overthink it, and don’t overwork yourself. Don’t expect the same results as people who have been doing it for years and years. Be more fair to yourself. Practice makes perfect and repetition naturally makes things easier so just believe in yourself and just know that you get better with time and you won’t even realize it. In my very first video I say to the audience “welcome to my first video. Production isn’t gonna be that great but it’s the content that counts.” Lol you don’t have to do that but that’s the mentality to have!
I don’t look back on my old stuff and cringe at all. Is it “good” content? Absolutely not, but I love that about it, because todays is, and it is really cool for me to look at the growth. Not in numbers, but in quality.
Thank you
agree ❤
I was doing my first TH-cam channel since like 8 years ago. When I come back? I’ll do preparation first?
My very first video from last year was still here. It's just nice to look at. Makes me remember my unsuccessful first half of 2022 but now I realized growing is still doable when you upload less frequently. You just need to get that sweet spot. You will definitely fail a lot of times but it is really doable to grow like that. I'm 38 subs to go to reach a great milestone as a starter
Thanks Nick. The ONE word I can't seem to put in practice and you mention a lot: COMPELLING title....
I DO create title and thumbnail first, but not YET compelling (not even after 4+ years),
I DO think of my viewer,
I DO check analytics,
urgh....
I will continue to improve each video, I will persist and I THANK YOU for all your help and support!!!!
Me too
This video is packed with useful information. What Nick says about coming up with a video title and thumbnail before the actual recording is so true. I used to struggle to title my videos after recording but when I began writing down my titles and designing thumbnails even in my head, things have become a little easier. In fact, before I record, I secure a thumbnail photo or any kind of B-roll I may need for the video editing process. Now I know better, that I surely need to record tons of videos for improvement BUT if I want my channel to grow, I have to actively track their performance keenly. Thanks, Nick!
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Absolutely great advice Nick! Especially about writing the Thumbnail and Title FIRST! I've started doing this and it has positively impacted my views. Thank you for your consistency in posting these helpful videos. I've really come to trust your insight and counsel! See you next time you publish!
Good tips! You have to test out advice, not just follow it blindly. If tags were what got someone 100,000 views, then using the exact same tags would get your videos that many views every time. If it doesn't, then that means that tags are not the main thing getting views. Focus mostly on making good videos, don't worry about finding some secret that TH-cam has to make it go viral, but do pay attention to what works, and what hurts as well.
Nick's videos are always so informative. I moved from 13 to 200 subscribers because of this platform and I will always come back for more. Just realized that in this particular video Nick dropped his intro.. I'm learning
Thanks Nick. The information you share is always so helpful. I always try to implement as least one idea that you share immediately. I'm starting to see growth on my channel but for the first year I was all over the place and wasn't really interested in building my channel but now that I am, I find your channel very helpful.
Hilarious thing is, I started watching this when I had 1000 subs or less, and I still come back. Never forget this useful information, bc it will always help no matter the size of your channel.
Im a little confused still My question is do youtubers only get paid once per videos ? Or they keep paying them the old videos
The key is “creativity”.
Using tags might help us creators but it won’t guarantee us tons of engagement.
Im a little confused still My question is do youtubers only get paid once per videos ? Or they keep paying them the old videos
@@NashBenzotv all videos as long as they’re getting views
@@ItsRudeboi thank you fam
This is great. Lol at some of the nonsense out there about creating & publishing content / doing creative work. I’d love more industry talk, me being from music entertainment background there’s a lot of common ground. Regarding yourself as talent is step 1, networking is important, and getting help for tasks behind the scenes is essential. It’s too much of a grind culture, alone and isolated, editing at a monitor, for an algorithm instead of an audience …you know? I know you have touched on some
of this in the past. Thanks for another great video.
You and your brother was the reason I stayed this long on TH-cam when I was already thinking about quitting 👍
Have been watching this channel for advice since day one with zero subscribers and it's so great now that my channel is truly growing to look back and know that I've had some top tier training from Nick. Thanks man! 🙂
Wow it's actually amazing that you posting consistently the last 2 years
@@vunguyentr5561 thanks! I love what I do and am hoping that it can be my full time job one day. ☺️
Great 👍
Avery you remain me beautiful actress, I just forgot her name
Good for you friend that it's working for you ...however you seem to be consistent in posting videos
Tags are iffy. Roberto mentioned this and said when YT doesn’t mention them at ALL, then that’s when we can stop worrying about them. Sean agrees that they are on the way out. I keep a few default ones.
Thanks for the info!! I was waiting for you to say “nonsense” and you did!! 😂
Great information as always 👍 I don’t use tags and you are the second person to mention they don’t make a difference. Keeping viewers in mind, people only have so much time in a day. Plus they watch more than 1 channel. So better to focus on 1 or 2 quality videos per week than something every day, just my thought. Also I am still small and rarely have new subs, but I have noticed paying attention to my analytics that before my main viewers were not subs. Now a few months later my viewers are both subs and new almost 50% so I will take that as a win. Because I do book summaries, titles are the book I am covering. Next big step, getting more subs.
I deleted 700 episodes because they were filled with anger.
I was uploading up to 4 episodes a day.
Now I upload alot less.
I don't know if it makes a difference.
Good to see you're still helping people out, Nick.
Keep up the good work.
Peace.
2:30 - Thumbnail plays a major role in driving views either from suggested section, section results, or the home page. Good one Nick!
Thanks, Nick. Useful information here. Listening to my audience has been helping my channel grow so far. Still have a long way to go in terms of learning to edit and all the jazz, though.
Im a little confused still My question is do youtubers only get paid once per videos ? Or they keep paying them the old videos
Great video. I simply use keywords in my video file name so that I can keep track of what I have covered on my hard drive. I do lists once in a while, and that kind of helps. But I never did it for ranking or views :) I didn't know that was even a thing
This channel help me a lot, Since I started my humble channel, I always see to it that I watch nick to make me a better content creator. Keep pushing everyone and own 2023.
Hi Nick. I have a question and would rly appreciate it if you could reply. I'm a small gaming channel and make walkthrough videos as gaming guides/solutions.
So, suppose there's a new released game containing 5 chapters and I make the walkthrough video of the 1st and 2nd chapter of that game, but then the performances of those videos are bad if compared to my other gaming videos (like very low views within the first 24 hrs, low ctr, retention, and few ppl even unsub). Should I continue making videos of the rest of the chapters despite those low performance, or should I stop making the videos of that game and focus on making videos of other games instead? Thanks!
If there is a promise of a complete walkthrough, then for your audience's sake, I would finish that series.
@@NickNimmin Thank you!
What I've gathered from watching a bunch of these videos is to make a ton of videos about this exact topic and to have each one not really tell u anything different from the last one thus leaving your audience needing and wanting more...then be sure to suggest that they might actually get answers in another video and suggest that one at the end....it's genius honestly
Then you are missing the point. You need to actually deliver some sort of value in each video, whether information or entertainment. You should be delivering enough value to leave them wanting more.
Thanks for all the great information! It is difficult when you are just getting started because there are people telling you they have all the answers and you want to succeed so you are wiling to try anything.
Short and sweet. Very well done. Thanks for everything Nick.
Your presentation and articulation is amazing. I am a new content creator...2 months I'm and I am struggling. So much time and effort into the editing and presentation with no momentum as yet. I think what you are saying here makes a ton of sense. New sub here to your channel. I'm still learning how to actually read the analytics and while I see I'm getting better with the quality my # of views are terrible. Your content is a great inspiration to keep pushing ahead. Ty so much!!!!
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Thank you for all of your insights; my channel is starting to grow due to your ideas and encouragement.
I understand that not seeing results in the beginning can be discouraging, but keep going. You can’t cheat the grind. Be patient and never give up.
So true
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0:43 - that's the key. I watch a guy with over 1M subs. He doesn't do thumbnails or tags. His titles are pretty rough too. He just creates interesting watchable stuff and folks love it.
You nailed it Nick. I also used think channel intros are good ideas but now I have ditched them myself. I have a faceless (How To) channel and really not sure if I should use a B-roll footage in my video intro. Thanks again for clarity. Stay Blessed 🙂
u guys can make it with this youtube ish keep going 💯💸 how bad do u want it?>>
Great stuff Nick. So much that we need to NOT do and what we should be focusing on instead. Thanks
Love your channel! Thank you for all you share. I’ve seen a great response from posting shorts and my latest one I posted in another language and it’s been my best performing short so far.
Love this. A couple of really big how-to TH-camrs say 'make 100 crappy videos' -- which is crappy advice I refuse to follow. Crappy videos = crappy outcomes. Always make YOUR BEST video each time and like you say, examine your analytics. Do you best each time and you'll get the best result possible for your viewers and yourself.
Every single video i make I spends hours upon hours editing, doing titles, transitions and get little to no views. Nobody likes spiritual content it seems. Hahahha
Case in point, the advice is good, but that interpretation focusses on the word "crappy" rather than the real focus, which is making a quantity of videos where over the course of those 100 videos, you learn, by a process of trial and error. So the intended advice is good, but it's lost on people due to the presentation. It's taking the headline as the advice, rather than the underlying advice itself.
@@NickNimmin agreed. A better way to say it is "Make 100 videos -- your best efforts, even if they're crappy compared to the big channels'."
I disagree some of my worst made videos did the absolute best and are still rolling. Put more videos out but make sure they have a purpose. Ones Ive spend a lot of time on to polish and look nice did terrible.
@@LambVisionStudios did you just slop them together or throw them out? or did you put thought and effort into them and although they were badly made, they were they your best you could do at the time (or at least solid efforts)?
Thank you for these clarifications, Nick, was stressing so much on tags and searches. 😅
It's been a while. We haven't seen you in our feed. Great advice! Thanks
Well that takes majority of time/stress out of my process. Great advice that will make me take a different approach going into the future. Appreciate it!
Great advice as always! This is so helpful! Thank you! ❤️
Channel analytics are very important to understand what works well for your channel. You are absolutely right. Thank you so much for sharing such wonderful information 👍🌹
I’m in the early days of my journey and have been taking on a some of your tips. I’m growing, slowly but surely but still figuring things out. Thanks for your videos
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Thumbnail and Title first to guide the video. Love that. Thanks!
TH-cam can be so confusing 😕. Even going through the analytics and still don't understand it. So do a video on that please .
Having the thumbnail title in mind when creating a video is a very good idea! However, you may also take part of your content and condense it to one or two words that best describe it and use that as a thumbnail title. I believe that if the video has good content no one should have a problem naming their thumbnail. Thank you for your work, it helps a lot!
Great advice as usual but I have my doubts about making title and thumbnail first before making the video. Reason being , this is purely based on your type of content. I have a restoration channel ( and yes is very average) but for me I need to pick my next project first then make everything else work around it .. not the opposite. If you had a baking channel you'd probably have the finished cake as your thumbnail right 🤔
For the finished product, sure, you would take the photo and do the thumbnail after the build/cook. You can plan your video in that you know the recipe/project and have a basic plan on how the process will go. This can inform a tentative title. If something unexpected happens along the way, you can change direction on the title/thumbnail.
@@NickNimmin Thanks for your response- appreciate it 👍
Some really useful advice here - thank you for sharing, Nick! 👍
I think all small creators should be pumping out videos for experimentation and knowledge purpose. A beginner like myself doesn’t know what quality is so soon in the game. You can pump out 3 videos or more videos a week and “still” put thought into it and analyze your date. You have to do both.
I should add, I loved this video a lot! I’ve made many of these mistakes!
I am also a newbie and motivation like this is very helpful, thanks.
Small creators or beginner's at this juncture is really tough anyways the advice and suggestions are wonderful...love to try it out
@NickNimmin you always break down subject matter so eloquently...
Talk to me like I'm in fourth grade... Love it
Thanks Nick, I was curious about the naming thing and suspected it didn't matter but still keep tailoring that thing, lol.
Great advice
awesome information thats exactly what im doing to my videos..just being more involved and feeling out my subscribers to see what i can do to make my videos better ..thank you Mr. Nimmin
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All very good advice Nick, thanks. However but I'm not sure how I could implement the last one. As I make repair videos, I have no idea when I start the video what I am going to find, whether I can fix it or not, and what main educational points (specific methods of fault finding, or learning about a particular type of component fault for example I can teach during the video) Therefore I don't really know what the title, thumbnail or 'unique selling point' of the video may be until it is finished. I publish videos of repairs whether I can fix them or not, because that is what happens in real life, and only by the end of the recording I know if this is likely to be a great video or an OK one. This doesn't seem to hold my channel back but is there a better way to approach that?
I would be thinking about those things as you do the repairs and film. Once you have your main shots in the can, the nature of the story now has to come to the forefront as you approach the edit. This would be the point where you give serious attention to what the video is now about, and thus informing the title and thumbnail.
@@NickNimmin Thanks Nick, I think that is kinda what happens already as the repair video progresses but you've given me something to think about 🙂
The fact that I saw a new update a few days earlier, it is something with account termination, not sure if it's April Fool's related but once your channel/account is terminated and attempting to create a new account after you previously had it, the next one will be terminated as well. Is it true? It's like a Hardware Ban in any video game or an IP ban.
That's been a thing for a LONG time. If your account gets terminated, you're not allowed to start another TH-cam channels.
When I upload a video, after around 4 days I have to upload another one as my analytics show me my views start dropping around that time. I did however start making shorts now that they separate them from my full length videos. That is doing a lot for my channel.
Thank you for cover this topic and help me a lot to understand how to make TH-cam video but I would like to have a question regarding you said prepare the title and thumbnails to be relevant before uploading video, I try that point but my video didn’t get the good view and response well too, is there any other advice I can hear from you? Thank you
on both my discords I talk about this alot. Among the short list of influences I've used over the years you are one of them. Fun fact my 10 faceless channels are registered to 2 corporations and this one for fun & 2 others are registered to me. Advice you & Roberto Blake gave over the years have served me well. This video will be pinned to both discords .. Thank you so much for making this
🙏 Thank you for helping to get the word out, I appreciate it!
Very informative video, as always to the point and very useful info! Keep up the good work Nick!
Love this content. Thanks Nick. But I would like to know where you got all this bad advice so that I can avoid those sites! Cheers Nick!
No specific places - just general advice that could pop up in any place creators might congregate to share tops and advice. The bad advice could show up anywhere.
Thanks Nick, your tips and enthusiasm are a big help for us tiny channels, I really appreciate this man!
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Nick , Awesome information you have really helped me out so much more then you even know. i have decided that im gonna stick to 1 niche instead of 3 niches. im going to start a Black Labrador channel on youtube so i can share with others my new dog and his adventures as i bring them along and share with the youtube viewers my dog's journey and adventures.
Love this and needed to hear it. Thanks for the tips.
I've found that so many people come to TH-cam expecting to be an overnight success. Most of the most successful people on TH-cam I've seen start out small and it took them years before they got to the point that they could quit their day jobs and become a full-time TH-camr. They treated it as extra income or a side hustle till they got big enough. Oddly enough most of these types suffer the least from burnout as well.
You can put out a video once a month or so and work your way up to more as you get better at it and your base grows. If you go all in early, you have to push yourself so hard to try and make ends meet.
It's even worse when you are doing craft type videos. There's a huge up front cost to make each video even if you are using a cellphone and household type lighting or daylight to film. My advice is if you are making something for other reasons anyway, film that instead. At least when starting out. As you start to make money reinvest it in your channel rather than pocketing it. Buy your materials and upgrade your tools for the craft or even your film gear as you go along and never expect to get rich quick. You might get there eventually but it won't be overnight.
Thank you. I sometimes forget to think about Answering Specific Questions. And, I go on my way to take videos. I have to think about the audience.
I’ve been on here since 2013 and still put tags and descriptions in each one. While I’ve improved lighting, filming and even editing…it’s just not consistent for me. I’ve also tried to niche down, but it’s already a time issue for one channel with one video a week-ish. Trying to do multiple channels has been a no-go.
I do still enjoy posting, but trying to do all the things and promote everywhere else is another time issue since I work full time. I keep my humor and passion going, but there are times it hurts.
Now my analytics are frustrating. Lots of drop off after 30 seconds. Changed my intro and still drops off. Lots of skips, but some replayed sections. Again, taking time to really trying to figure out the why is a struggle.
I appreciate all your insight. Lots of great tips. I need to clone myself or we need more hours in a day. 😂
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I think branding is so important!! Having a signature color thumbnails logo etc can also boost stats I see so many channels with no channel PFP or banners . Small content creators over look this
Absolutely they do. Branding is important but nothing beats effectiveness and value.
I was just thinking that this video should be made, and you jumped to it first. Thanks Nimmin
More great knowledge and it is very beneficial indeed! Thanks.
masterfully put! thank you for this great video Nick.
Thanks Nick, quality inspiration!
So many great point outs 👍😊 thanks!
This gold mine. Thank you for these educative video.
Absolutely! I only can underline this. So many nonsens advices around.
Thanks for another cleaning video 😉
Much love 💕
Matthias 👋
Another great content here. Thank you Nick
A good video, but I think that the last piece of advice, to create thumb nail and title first, will be fully applicable only depending upon what sort of content one makes and how one's creative process works. In academic writing, the advice is often to write the essay, and then go back when finished and retool the introduction and title so that they are reflective of what is actually contained in the finished product. I think that this tip and Nick's tip both have their place, and you just have to figure out which works best for your type of content and your creative style.
Agree! Making quality content is far more valuable than juat pumping out content to pump out content. Take your time and have fun producing and it will all round out for you! Cheers 🥃
What I think is REALLY weird are the "TH-cam search terms" that led people to my videos. I'm talking song searches, foreign languages, etc. I do fishing shorts. Any idea why this is like this?
Tags did a big difference to my channel. I did a experiment where I uploaded a video without any tags and it did horrible, applied that to a few videos and same result. The videos that have tags do better for me. Thanks
I used to spend a lot more time on tags, but realized that it wasn't helping at all so I asked myself why would I spend my limited energy on that when I can spend that extra time on filming, editing or other things that DO matter more.
I name my files, but only so I can differentiate them in my files so when I want to use it in the future I can find it on my computer to make additional videos with that original footage. Method behind my madness.
As a how to channel I have been doing keyword research and tying in my titles, description, first 10 seconds of the video all together and I get 40% of my views from search. My older videos get regular views and consistently pay me month to month.
How do you get the heart at the side -->on phone to come up in the live or comment? Your channel is the only time I’ve seen it. Thanks!
TH-cam are testing the live reactions/emojis on select channels, I believe.
Just started a little channel as a hobby but would love it if it became more! Your videos are really helpful with some really good advice!
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I used to do the file name thingy.. thanks for this video. Can you make a video on why people reach 1000 subs really quick while others take a year or 2?
Thanks a lot nick,never thought of making thumbnail first.
is there any tips on gaming channel in 2022 ?
should i make more shorts or full-videos?
currently my shorts are doing better than maly episodic videos?
Think about the long game and develop a stray around that. That might look like this weekly: 1 video targeted at recommendations, 3 shorts to introduce me to people, 1 live stream to deepen connection with viewers. Or 1 video targeted at search, one video targeted at recommendations, 2 shorts and a live. The idea is to think about each feature and how to use it to achieve the goals you have for your channel or TH-cam business.
Thank you so much for your information, I have been trying to absorve all the information I can, so I can make my channel grow, but unfortunatly not with much success, I understand that my channel is about a a very specific topic, but in terms of being strategic, I confess I fill a bit lost... Anyway I would like to congratulate you for the quality of the light and general look on the video, really good. 👏👏👏
v informative info Nick, collaboration is one of the tricky things. Expectations (great tip)
Agreed! It's all about the value your viewers find.
Nice video Nick! got most of my question answered. I kind of agree with your opinion on file names and don't at the same time. Whatever you want to call your video is acceptable. However, the name of the thumbnail is where you should place your target keywords. because visitors who search in your target keyword can find your thumbnail on Google Images and get some views from there. most of my thumbnails show up on googe images with my target keywords.
this is something i wanted to put out there.
The thumbnail loses it’s file name during the upload process. The reason you see it in Google is because it’s relevant to the video that you made targeting the same keywords. The thumb file and would matter if you were embedding into your website but not on TH-cam.
great stuff, once again! thank you for helpin out the new jacks......like us
Thanks for all the helpful information your channel is awesome 👌
Thanks Nick, your videos are a great resource in helping me improve my channel. Thanks a lot mate.
Thank you for this video. I've been making videos before TH-cam existed, in fact before the internet existed. It's something that I really like doing. I've gotten some great reviews but after 900 videos I've only gotten about 250 hours of view time. The majority of my videos are birthday videos and videos for creators for their own videos. At this point I'm not so concerned about monetization but to get more views where people use my content. When it's a birthday video you feel limited on the title. Maybe some suggestions?
Thank you for this video, it's really helpful. Yet I feel like it's some sort of magic to be noticed and have success on this platform. Not that your advice or other strategies and tricks that are generally recommended aren't useful, but I think it's a combination of things what can get you to grow. Over some things you have control, over others you just don't, and accepting that is part of this journey.
How people respond to your content is something you cannot control, but you can get better at learning how to interpret it and anticipate it over time. The data from past videos can give some huge insights into future audience behavior.
Thank you for this video, regarding the tags I think it depends on channel to channel and the analytics is always a great way to check your channel performance and should not be ignored. I agree you don’t really need to put keywords on your thumbnail however making thumbnails that are passing the right message in the video is key and not clickbait.
I've managed Business TH-cam channels and strategize their contents to generate leads for their businesses. I find searched topics(TH-cam search ranking) to be more relevant because viewers are looking for a solution. Ex. if you search "best games for remote work" I optimized the top 2 videos results.
I would like to try this one out but it's hard to explain why the videos only get less than 100 views and doesn't get generate web traffic.
I've been watching your videos for 3 years now and it opened a career path for me. Thank you Nick!
Very interesting-write the title and thumbnail 1st, this would focus your mind when making the video I guess?
So glad I found this channel, I’m so new!!
Welcome!
Very informative, thank you Nick!
A Great Education ! Many Thanks for the Vid. Cheers Rhonda
I’m struggling! 😩 The people on my channel want my channel to become a food channel and that’s not what I want. I don’t even have that many recipes lol 🤦🏾♀️. Plus I don’t want to niche down to just that. I want it to stay as a Vlog channel. It’s stressing me out… Thanks for the tips! 🙏🏾❤️
The dilemma of a variety vlogging channel. It can be great to test out different ideas topically, different styles and so on, but if you find your audience wants you to go in a direction you don't want to go, there is tension. If you and the audience are in alignment, its great, but when you want to do something different, you may have to be prepared to cut them loose and head in another direction and attract the tribe that will align with your vision.
@@NickNimmin Thanks for responding back. It really means a lot. Great advice ❤️
@@sweetlifeofqueen1959 yes I agree. Do what you love and your audience will generate 💯👌🏾
@@sheilaandfrank Thanks! 🙏🏾❤️
Very informative video, as always to the point and very useful info! Keep up the good work!!